Dealing with Difficult Parents (And With Parents In
Difficult Situations)
By Todd
Whitaker, Indiana State University, and Douglas J.
Fiore,
State University of West Georgia
This book helps teachers,
principals, superintendents, and all educators develop a
repertoire of tools and skills for comfortable and
effective interaction with parents. It shows you how to
deal with the parent who is bossy, volatile,
argumentative, aggressive, or maybe the worst -
apathetic. It provides specific phrases to use with
parents to help you avoid using "trigger" words which
unintentionally make matters worse. It will show you how
to deliver bad new to good parents, how to build
positive credibility to all types of parents, and how to
foster the kind of parent involvement which leads to
student success.
CONTENTS
- Describing Today's Parents
- What is Wrong With These Parents, Anyway?
- Building Credibility - Everyone Wants to Associate
with a Winner
- Positive Communication with Parents - An Ounce of
Prevention
- Listen, Learn, and Cultivate
- Never Let Them See You Sweat
- What if the Parent is Right?
- The Best Way to Get in the Last Word
- Do You Feel Defensive? If So, Something is Wrong
- Delivering Bad News - Hey, I'm Just the Messenger
- But, I Did Get a Good Deal . . . Examining the Car
Salesman
- What if They Use the "F" Word . . . Fair?
- Focus on the Future
- Understanding Parental Involvement
- Increasing Parental Involvement with School
- Increasing Parental Involvement At Home
173 pp.
paperback
- ISBN 1-883001-62-5
- $29.95 plus
shipping & handling
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